POLICE ON ASSEMBLY DUTY WERE LEFT HIGH AND DRY

The Goa Government failed to provide food packets, water bottles and mobile toilet facilities to the police staff posted on duty during the four day session of the Goa Legislative Assembly held last week.

Despite repeated directions by the Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC) that the Police personnel were human beings and should be so treated, the authorities have failed to comply with the directives despite the Chief Secretary having given a written undertaking to that effect.  

The GHRC in its order had expressed the hope that the authorities would take this issue seriously and provide basic amenities to the police personnel on Assembly duty as denial of such amenities was bound to affect the basic human rights of the police personnel. The GHRC had also observed that not providing meals, drinking water and toilet facilities to the police personnel posted during the Assembly Sessions was a clear infringement of Article 21 of the Constitution of India and also amounted  to violation of Human  rights.

Such an inhumane treatment being meted out is a serious and gross violation of the Human rights of the police staff and the government needs to be held accountable for this high-handed conduct which amounted to a clear deprivation of Human Rights of the police personnel.

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